Following Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson and ahead of the coming winter, Moscow has shifted and redoubled its war tactics in Ukraine to target civilian energy infrastructure. Using artillery, missiles, and drones to conduct precision strikes on energy facilities, Moscow hopes to leave more than 10 million Ukrainians without power or heat as temperatures in the region fall below freezing. Almost half of the country’s energy grid has been disabled or is experiencing blackouts, underscoring the crucial need for Ukraine’s Western allies to provide much-needed equipment for quick system repair and maintenance.
How can the United States and Europe best help return Ukrainian energy to normalcy? What equipment does Ukraine need the most? What effects will the energy crisis have on the war?
Melinda Haring, deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, moderates a conversation featuring Oleksandra Azarkhina, deputy minister of infrastructure of Ukraine, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, chief executive officer of national grid operator Ukrenergo, Oksana Nechyporenko, director of the Ukraine Crisis Coordination Center and former chief of staff to Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Honcharuk, and Lana Zerkal, former deputy minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine.
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Europe in crisis
War in Ukraine
In February 2022, Moscow launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine after a months-long military build-up, threatening the country’s sovereignty and its future. This existential moment for the country follows the 2014 Maidan revolution, a nexus for Ukraine’s Europe-focused foreign policy and reform efforts. The ensuing Russian invasion and occupation of Crimea, aggression in Ukraine’s east, and Kremlin disinformation efforts, cast a shadow over Ukraine’s independence.
The Eurasia Center’s mission is to enhance transatlantic cooperation in promoting policies that strengthen stability, democratic values, and prosperity in Eurasia, from Eastern Europe in the West to the Caucasus, Russia, and Central Asia in the East.